Reports and Studies

The most exhaustive collection of data ever on U.S. marijuana arrests, penalties and related information finds no relationship between marijuana arrest and use rates, while penalty structures act as a price support mechanism that boosts the illegal market.

Two analysts from The Sentencing Project analyzed data on drug arrest from 1990 to 2002. During this period, U.S. marijuana arrests skyrocketed, making minor marijuana offenses the main focus in the "war on drugs."

This report from Citizens Against Government Waste calls the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy "a federal wasteland, throwing taxpayer money toward numerous high-priced drug control programs that have failed to show results."